阿彌揭諦

Chinese

		phonetic	phonetic
trad. (阿彌揭諦)		阿彌	揭諦
simp. (阿弥揭谛)		阿弥	揭谛
alternative forms		阿彌吉諦／阿弥吉谛 阿彌吉帝／阿弥吉帝 柯彌吉帝／柯弥吉帝 柯呢吉帝 阿哩吉諦／阿哩吉谛

Etymology

From clipping of Sanskrit अमित (amita) + Sanskrit गते (gate).

Pronunciation

• Cantonese (Jyutping): o¹ nei¹ gat¹ dai³ / o¹ ni¹ gat¹ dai³

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• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: o¹ nei¹ gat¹ dai³ / o¹ ni¹ gat¹ dai³
    • Yale: ō nēi gāt dai / ō nī gāt dai
    • Cantonese Pinyin: o¹ nei¹ gat⁷ dai³ / o¹ ni¹ gat⁷ dai³
    • Guangdong Romanization: o¹ néi¹ ged¹ dei³ / o¹ ni¹ ged¹ dei³
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /ɔː⁵⁵ nei̯⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ tɐi̯³³/, /ɔː⁵⁵ niː⁵⁵ kɐt̚⁵ tɐi̯³³/

Interjection

阿彌揭諦

1. (Cantonese) thank God

   • 唉！總之一句柯彌吉帝囉，前世。 [Cantonese, trad.]
     唉！总之一句柯弥吉帝啰，前世。 [Cantonese, simp.]

     From: 1978, Sam Hui, The Contract

     aai¹! zung² zi¹ jat¹ geoi³ o¹ nei¹ gat¹ dai³ lo¹, cin⁴ sai³. [Jyutping]

     Alas! Thank God after all, my past life.